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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL s. LEVY, OE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AssIeNOE To M. s. LEVY a SONS, oFsAME PLAGE.

`MANUFACTURE OF CLOTH HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,385, dated February 13, 1883.

Application filed August 23, 1882. (No model.) U

To all -whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL S. LEVY, Of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have ihvented certain Improvements in the Manufacture of Cloth Hats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates specicall y to the construction Of the hat-crown; and it consists in forming that part ofthe hat of a piece of cloth and a cloth or felt lining, which together are molded on a block, and afterward permanently united by a continuous line of stitching, arranged preferahl y in the form of a spiral, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In carrying out my invention I take a piece of cloth of the requisite size, and back it with one or more thicknesses of felt or cloth, and

after pasting them together force the blank4 thusobtainedover a crown-block, so as to give to them a cOncavO-convex shape. I then se cure the two or more thicknesses together by.

vpears'after its removal from the crown-block,

and Fig. III is a top view of the hat-crown.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the. views. A is the cloth portion of the crown, and B The rim is then attached and the hat the felt lining ofthe same. Theline of stitches is represented by a.

G is ,the rim, which may be constructed of any suitable material and in the`usual manner.

It will be understood that a molded cloth hat-crown of a single thickness and stitched.

as described would not retain its form after the molding operation; but by constructing it of two thicknesses, which are firmly stitched together after the molding Operation, the crown will retain its contour, as no independent movement of the parts can take'place. The lining may be left ileXible or stiffened, as may be preferred. I am aware that hat-crowns made in sections, the seams radiating from the top and the Whole quilted, are not new, and` that hatrims in two thicknesses have been quilted; but I am not aware that hat-crowns formed as described have been made prior to my invention.

I therefore claiml. A molded hat-crown consisting of two or more thicknesses of material quil ted or stitched Y 

